Việt Nam, Japan cooperate in ocean waste management

Việt Nam has been actively partnering with other developed nations to implement the Political Declaration on establishing the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), he said. Akihiro, for his part, affirmed that Japan always accompanies Việt Nam in environment protection and climate change response for sustainable development. He proposed collaborating with Việt Nam to survey and monitor ocean plastic waste, toward creating a handbook to improve the monitoring and surveying capacity. On the occasion, the two ministers signed a Letter of Intent on cooperation in marine waste management. They also agreed to boost mutual liaison at multilateral forums on plastic waste issues; share data on marine waste monitoring, including publicly disclosed plastic waste collection data; as well as work together in other areas of mutual interest.